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by Drew O'DOHERTY

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JUST GOT HOME AND TOO LATE TO CALL WITH TWELVE MONTHS OF MARY HANGING ON YOUR WALL WELL LICK THAT LIPSTICK OFF YOUR TEETH AND KISS THE ROOF THAT YOU’RE UNDERNEATH AND YOU WERE STARING OUT THE WINDOW THAT YOU’D PAINTED ON YOUR PILLOW AND CLIMBING OUT OF BED TRYING NOT TO MAKE A SOUND ‘CAUSE WHEN YOU WAKE I’LL JUST BRING YOU DOWN
2.
SAID I’M LEAVING THIS TIME FOR REAL AND I SHUT THE DOOR BUT YOU DIDN’T FOLLOW ME LIKE THE TIMES BEFORE CLIMBED THE TOP OF A LADDER TO GET A LOOK FROM THIS HEIGHT USED TO SAY I’D NEVER DARE BUT THIS TIME I MIGHT AND TOO LATE TO CHANGE MY MIND ‘CAUSE NOW MY HANDS ARE TIED COULD BE MAKING A MISTAKE SO I HOPE THIS ROPE MIGHT BREAK I PROBABLY KEPT YOU UP ALL NIGHT AND WHEN YOU GOT THE NEWS YOUR FACE TURNED WHITE AND TOO LATE TO CHANGE MY MIND ‘CAUSE NOW MY HANDS ARE TIED THINK I’M MAKING A MISTAKE AND NOW I’M KEEPING YOU AWAKE AND TELEPHONE CALLS CROSS TOWN TILL SOMEBODY COMES TO CUT ME DOWN AND YOU CAN’T CHANGE A THING SO NOW I’LL ALWAYS SWING AND DON’T HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME ‘CAUSE THEY WON’T PRINT MY NAME
3.
Feathers 03:21
WHEN I CATCH US TALKING ABOUT WEATHER AND OTHER THINGS I WON’T REMEMBER IT HITS ME LIKE A TON OF FEATHERS WE COULD BE IN THIS TOGETHER AND LEANING CHAIRS AGAINST THE DOOR SO WE WON’T BE DISTURBED FROM WALKING OUT OF WINDOWS ON THE 4TH FLOOR TO LAND ON THE STREET OR THE CURB AND LOOKING BACK ON THIS SORT OF DESCENDING AND THE TIME IT’LL TAKE FOR YOUR MENDING BE IT LOVE OR JUST PRETENDING CHOOSE YOUR MEANS TO A HAPPIER ENDING AND SCARS ARE ONLY PROOF THAT THERE’S THINGS TIME WON’T REMOVE AND THOSE THINGS GET IN THE WAY WHEN I HEAR YOU SAY ANYTHING  
4.
M.I.A. OR IN MY HEAD AND FROM THE CAR DOOR TO DEATHBED I CAN’T BELIEVE A THING THEY SAID THAT FOR A MINUTE YOU WERE DEAD NOW ANGELS LIVE IN MY TOWN AND TAKE FLIGHT WITHOUT A SOUND YOUR EYES FOLLOW FLAT LINES AND BLACKING OUT BRIGHT LIGHTS THIS TIME YOU’RE FINE AND WHEN YOU WAKE THEY HELP YOU BREATHE WHEN A CIGARETTE IS ALL YOU NEED “NEVER AGAIN” YOUR LIPS READ WITH AN ARM FULL OF POPPY SEEDS AND ANGELS LIVE IN MY TOWN AND DRAG THEIR WINGS THROUGH OUR GROUND YOUR EYES FOLLOW FLAT LINES TILL YOU’RE BLACKING OUT BRIGHT LIGHTS THIS TIME YOU’RE FINE
5.
WELL I WOKE UP LATE BUT JUST IN TIME TO GRAB MY SUIT AND TIE MY TIE I RAN DOWN THE STAIRS TO CATCH MY RIDE WITH NO WORSE REASON FOR A SATURDAY MORNING DRIVE WE STARTED OUT LATE BUT WE GOT THERE JUST IN TIME AND YOU’LL NEVER KNOW YOU’RE ALL TIED AWAY I GUESS NO ONE HAD HEARD FROM YOU FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS BUT THAT’S NOTHING NEW NO THAT’S NOTHING STRANGE IT WAS WRITTEN ON THE WALL JUST YOUR HANDWRITING CHANGED AND I NEVER THOUGHT I’D FIND YOU INSIDE OF A CHURCH BUT FROM DIRT YOU WERE BORN AND TO DIRT YOU HAVE RETURNED AND YOU’LL NEVER KNOW YOU’RE ALL TIED AWAY AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GHOST WHEN YOUR BROTHER SPOKE AND OUT TO THE PARKING LOT WE GATHERED TO SMOKE AND YOU’LL NEVER KNOW ALL THE HEARTS YOU’VE BROKE BUT I KEPT FROM CRYING TILL I STARTED SHAKING TURNS OUT IT WAS MORE THAN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU’VE TAKEN AND YOU’LL NEVER KNOW WE’RE ALL TIED AWAY AND BACK IN THE CAR AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU KNOW I COULDN’T BELIEVE WHAT THE RADIO PLAYED AND DON’T BELIEVE MICK WHEN YOU HEAR HIM SAY...   YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT BUT IF YOU TRY SOMETIMES YOU KNOW YOU JUST MIGHT FIND YOU’LL GET WHAT YOU NEED   BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT HE’S EITHER HALF-EMPTY OR HALF-FULL OF SHIT ‘CAUSE NOW THAT I FINALLY KNOW THAT I NEEDED YOU KID I CAN’T FORGET THE TIMES WHEN I RAN AND HID NOW I CAN’T GET WHAT I’LL ALWAYS NEED IT WAS THUNDER THAT WOKE ME LAST NIGHT BUT IT WAS YOU WHO WOULDN’T LET ME SLEEP
6.
BALLERINA BROKE HER LEG AND THEN YOUR HEART AND A PROMISE MADE TO YOUR FACE OR A “HELP WANTED” SIGN AND LIKE THE DOOR ON A COP CAR YOU DON’T OPEN FROM INSIDE LIKE CHRISTMAS OR COLUMBUS YOU’RE PILING UP THE THINGS YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN ANYMORE AT LEAST THE TOOTH FAIRY LEFT YOU CHANGE ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE A FAIR TRADE NOW THEY TAKE MORE THAN YOU GAVE YOU JUST MISS WHEN YOU GOT PAID WELL YOU BEAT THAT FEAR OF NEEDLES TO CLOSE THE CURTAIN ON YOUR STAGE FRIGHT INTO THE CITY OF HOPE YOU LAUGHED TILL I CHOKED AND WITHOUT A SOUND YOU DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT AND LIKE CHRISTMAS OR COLUMBUS I’M JUST ANOTHER THING YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN ANYMORE AT LEAST THE TOOTH FAIRY LEFT YOU CHANGE ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE A FAIR TRADE NOW THEY TAKE MORE THAN YOU GAVE AND YOU JUST MISS WHEN YOU GOT PAID
7.
Exeunt 01:52
(There are no words)
8.
Oneway 04:06
BLOW A KISS FROM THE CAR AND DRIVE AWAY BUT NOT SO FAR BUT FAR ENOUGH ‘CAUSE I’M A MESS I BLEW MY CHANCE TO CONFESS THAT THESE ONEWAY STREETS ARE KILLING ME AND THEY’RE SHOWING UP EVERYWHERE IT SEEMS DO THE HEADLIGHTS IN MY EYES MEAN I’M HISTORY? AND IF THAT’S THE CASE PLEASE MOVE ON THERE’S NOTHING MORE TO SEE AND HEY FROM TIME TO TIME THE FIT’S JUST FINE RED PAPER HOLDS IN MY LINES BUT I DON’T BELIEVE IN VALENTINES AT LEAST UNTIL I CHANGE MY MIND AND WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU COULD SAY YOU REALLY CRIED YOURSELF AWAKE IF YOU’RE UP FOR A MISTAKE LET ME KNOW ‘CAUSE I CAN’T WAIT IN THE DRIVEWAY EVERY NIGHT WONDERING IF IT’S WORTH THE FIGHT I WANT TO SAY IT’S JUST THE PAST BUT I’M NOT SURE HOW LONG I’LL LAST AND I’M OVER IT I TRY TO BELIEVE AND CONVINCE MYSELF TILL I TURN TO LEAVE SO PLEASE DON’T HOLD ME TO THE THINGS I SAY ‘CAUSE IT’S JUST THE WORDS I LEAVE OUT THAT GET IN THE WAY AND HEY FROM TIME TO TIME I READ THE SIGNS LEARN MY PART AND BLOW MY LINES I NEVER THOUGHT YOU’D BE MINE HEY AT LEAST I’M RIGHT THIS TIME LIKE A SECRET YOU CAN’T KEEP HOW YOU SCREAM YOURSELF TO SLEEP I’M SORRY IF I CAUSED A SCENE BUT THAT’S THE PRICE OF COMING CLEAN
9.
WELL I’M LEAVING PHILADELPHIA IT’S THE ONLY PLACE I’VE KNOWN AND FOR EIGHTY YEARS THIS TOWN HAS BEEN MY HOME BUT THERE’S A MAN THAT I’VE BEEN MISSING FOR TWENTY YEARS OR SO SO I’M LEAVING PHILADELPHIA AND I’M GOING TO FIND JOE WELL WE BUILT THIS HOUSE TOGETHER AFTER THE WAR WAS WON AND INSIDE THESE WALLS RAISED TWO DAUGHTERS AND THREE SONS BUT NOW THEY STAND AROUND ME JOIN THEIR HANDS AND START TO PRAY ‘CAUSE I’M LEAVING PHILADELPHIA AND THEY KNOW THAT I CAN’T STAY AND ALL MY LITTLE BOYS WILL PICK ME UP WHEN IT’S TIME TO GO AND I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE MY JOE ‘CAUSE I LOST HIM THEN BUT SOON HE’LL BE FOUND WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES THIS TIME AND LEAVE THE GROUND AND I’M SORRY THAT I’M LEAVING LEAVING ALL OF YOU BEHIND BUT I KNOW WE’LL ALL BE TOGETHER ONE DAY IT’LL JUST TAKE TIME UNTIL THEN FIND ME IN YOUR MEMORIES IN YOUR DREAMS OR IN YOUR HEART ‘CAUSE THOUGH I’M LEAVING PHILADELPHIA KNOW I’LL NEVER BE TOO FAR YEAH I’M LEAVING PHILADELPHIA
10.
 I’M SORRY I’M NOT MUCH OF A CORRESPONDENT AND I KNOW I NEVER WROTE ALL THE LETTERS YOU WANTED AND SO THIRSTY FOR MY WORDS YOU WERE DRINKING FROM A LEAKING FAUCET BUT NOW YOU’RE DROWNING IN THE FLOOD AND LOOKING TO SEE WHAT CAUSED IT AND JUST ONE MORE THING THAT CAN’T BE FIXED IN THIS HOUSE OF CARDS UNDER THE WEIGHT OF BRICKS YOU SAID “WE SHOULD’VE GOT SMASHED LAST NIGHT” WELL MAYBE WE DID THOUGH THERE’S NO BOTTLE IN SIGHT AND YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW THE KEY DON’T FIT THAT OLD DOOR BUT THAT’S NOT STOPPED YOU ONCE BEFORE WELL I CAME HOME ALONE YOU WERE OUT TRYING TO FIND THE REASONS FOR ALL THOSE RHYMES YOU KNOW I HAD ALL YOUR TIME WELL I GUESS I THOUGHT THAT I SHOULD NEVER INTERRUPT WHEN YOU’VE GIVEN EVERYTHING SO I JUST GAVE UP AND CAN WE COUNT ON OUR FINGERS THE SKELETONS THAT REMAIN AND IF ANYONE ASKS YOU KNOW WE’RE RIGHT AS RAIN AND YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW THE KEY DON’T FIT ANYMORE BUT THAT’S NOT STOPPED YOU ONCE BEFORE WELL I CAME HOME ALONE YOU WERE OUT TRYING TO FIND THE REASONS FOR ALL MY RHYMES YOU KNOW I HAD ALL YOUR TIME YOU DIDN’T HAVE MINE
11.
Last, Less 04:51
WELL LOVELESS WAS THE SOUND WHEN WE LEFT UNEVEN GROUND AND FROM THE PHONE TO THE FLAME WOULD I EVER BE THE SAME I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL YOU SLEPT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I HAD KEPT ‘CAUSE BACK TO BACK OR FACE TO FACE YOU LOSE SOME THINGS YOU CAN’T REPLACE SOME YOU WANT BACK OTHERS FAIR GAME UNTIL YOU CRACK JUST THE SAME

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Originally released on Twenty-Four Teeth Records in May 2006.

Currently out of print, it is now available for download here.

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released May 5, 2006

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[For Elizabeth, of course]

Drew O’DOHERTY STARTS

ON GREENPOINT
SAILOR'S SWING+
FEATHERS*
ANGELS LIVE IN MY TOWN*
SATURDAY SUIT
CHRISTMAS OR COLUMBUS
EXEUNT
ONEWAY*
PHILADELPHIA SONG
RIGHT AS RAIN
LAST, LESS+

with

Zach BAROCAS-drum kit*
Jeffrey GODDARD-trumpet
Joe McMAHON-electric & upright basses
Hugh O’DOHERTY-banjo
Tom POLCE-drum kit+
Jonah SACKS-cello

All songs written by Drew O’DOHERTY except

SAILOR'S SWING written by Chris ERNST, John HUNT, Drew O’DOHERTY,
& Adam SYLVIA

ANGELS LIVE IN MY TOWN written by Chris ERNST & Drew O’DOHERTY
 
Recordings made by Scott CRAGGS, Bob LOGAN, & Kevin MICKA
Additional assistance from Jon SULKOW
Mixed by Scott CRAGGS at Old Colony in South Boston, Massachusetts
Mastered by Chad CLARK at Silver Sonya in Arlington, Virginia 

Special thanks to Chris BROKAW, John McWILLIAMS, Jeffrey SIMMONS, & Jonathan SPARKS for their loan of certain instruments used in this recording

Front cover photograph by Jay COX
Design by Nicklaus HUBBEN

Tremendous gratitude to Scott CRAGGS for all of his assistance in this record's completion

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Cub Scout dropout born on the day "Never Mind The Bollocks" was released.

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